Blueberry crumble muffins

By Donna Hay

1:00 AM Monday Jan 10, 2011

Blueberry crumble muffins. Photo / Chris Court

125g butter, chopped
3/4 cup caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs
2 1/4 cups plain flour, sifted
1 tsp baking powder, sifted
1/2 cup milk
250g blueberries
75g melted butter, extra
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon

1 Preheat oven to 180C. Place the butter, sugar and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until pale and creamy.

2 Gradually add the eggs and beat until well combined. Add 1 1/4 cups of the flour, baking powder and milk and beat until just combined. Spoon the mixture into 12 x 1/2 cup-capacity lightly greased muffin tins and top with the blueberries.

3 Place the extra butter, remaining flour, brown sugar and cinnamon in a bowl and mix with a knife until mixture resemble coarse breadcrumbs. Divide mixture between the muffins and bake for 20-25 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer. Makes 12.

Tips and tricks

Blueberry crumble muffins make great lunchbox treats and picnic snacks. Wrap in non-stick baking paper and place in lunchboxes or the picnic basket.

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By Donna Hay

penzme (Waikato) | 10:20AM Thursday, 19 Jan 2012

Ok.now is the melted butter for the crumble - or the chopped butter? Shouldn't the chopped butter be for the crumble and the melted for the mixer? Wouldn't the melted butter mixed with the sugar and flour make a dough? Why put diced butter into the mixer when melted mix easier? I do intend to make them. But wonder if the recipe is correct.

LR (New Zealand) | 11:23AM Sunday, 22 Jan 2012

The ingredients in well-written recipes are listed in order of use, therefore the chopped butter is for the 'body' of the muffins and the melted butter is for the topping.

The ratio of butter to flour in the topping would not cause the mixture to turn to dough.

Melted butter in the 'body' of the mixture would make them heavy. Room temperature is best for creaming butter and sugar. I hope this is helpful for you.